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Thursday, December 2, 2010

Puzzle by Joe Krozel, edited by Will Shortz

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Today’s crossword by the prolific and masterful Joe Krozel features nine pairs of across entries with Shortzesque… ahem… identical definitions, aka clues:

1. Orient, FAR EAST

2. Orient, SITUATE

15. Ace, AVIATOR

16. Ace, ONE SPOT

17. Lower in stature, DEGRADE

18. Lower in stature, BENEATH

34. I, for one, PRONOUN

38. I, for one, NUMERAL

40. Understanding, ENTENTE

41. Understanding, EMPATHY

42. Tire, WEAR OUT

43. Tire, RETREAD

60. Loose, LIBERAL

63. Loose, AT LARGE

65. Mean, AVERAGE

66. Mean, SIGNIFY

67. Bristles, GETS MAD

68. Bristles, ARISTAS

Other across — 19. Part of B.C.E., ERA; 20. Shakes, LOSES; 22. Runnin’ UTES, 1944 N.C.A.A. basketball champs; 23. Party favorites?, A LIST; 24. Onetime sponsor of Richard Petty and Mario Andretti, STP; 26. Uses a needle, SEWS; 29. Dummy, DOPE; 31. Epitome of simplicity, ABC; 44. Tax form datum: Abbr., SSN; 45. Major sight in the sky?, URSA; 47. Ballet bend, PLIE; 48. East end?, ERN; 49. Sweater woes, SNAGS; 53. Raw side?, SLAW; 56. Sway, SAY SO; 57. “Nonsense!”, BAH.

Down — 1. What some things do in the sun, FADE; 2. Profess, AVER; 3. Latvian capital, RIGA; 4. Elephant’s-EAR (plant); 5. Whatever, AT ALL; 6. “Me too!”, SO DO I; 7. Lock, TRESS; 8. They’re good for crying out loud, SOBS; 9. Serpent tail?, INE; 10. Good companion for an ace in Vegas, TEN; 11. Burn through, USE UP; 12. Pit-A-PAT; 13. Lug, TOTE; 14. Old English letters, ETHS; 21. J.F.K. posting, ETD; 23. Ed of Hollywood, ASNER; 24. Froth, SPUME; 25. Lure, TEMPT; 26. Gushes, SPEWS; 27. Coastal fliers, ERNES; 28. Odin, to the Germans, WOTAN; 30. Lulu, ONER; 31. Old Russian co-op, ARTEL; 32. Religion with an apostrophe in its name, BAHA’I; 33. River through Glasgow, CLYDE; 35. “ON OUR Own,” 1989 #2 hit by Bobby Brown; 36. Possible response to a driving mistake, U-TURN; 37. Trawlers’ gear, NETS; 39. Brothers of the Wild West, EARPS; 46. AS A result; 48. Vessels by basins, EWERS; 50. Lake bordered by Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania, NYASA; 51. Moving, ASTIR; 52. GOLGI body (cell part); 53. Denigrate, in English slang, with “off”, SLAG; 54. In the flesh, LIVE; 55. Aid’s partner, ABET; 56. Something that’s fun on the coast?, SLED; 57. Person under the Union Jack, BRIT; 58. Fuji rival, AGFA; 59. Startled cries, HEYS; 61. Winning Super Bowl XXXIV player, RAM; 62. Turkish title, AGA; 64. Response: Abbr., ANS.

This crossword is the ninth this year by Joe Krozel published in The New York Times — the list with links: